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Names offered clues about the mental images and relations that were being generated in response to parts of the
trees, and the strategies that teacher~researchers were using to deepen their relations with and through them. For
example, “Graveyard” portrays images of death, a place of the dead, the end of usefulness…. Strong memories,
metaphor and analogy and the influence of Maori culture were very noticeable in the process of naming. Some
images were more attracting than others. Were there particular qualities in these images that drew people to
them? Emotions? Beauty? Intrigue? Surprise?....
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